2016. Enhanced Volume. HC with dustjacket. 168pp, 350+ almost all color illus./photos, 8.5x11; Italian Vetterli in service for over 40 years, author describes development as long rifle, short rifle, cavalry & police carbine, single-shot form & later adapted for variety of magazine feeds--Vetterli-Vitali, Vetterli-Bertoldo & Vetterli-Ferracciù; conversions from 10.35 mm... More
1990, 2002. HC. 352pp, photos/illus., 7.125X10.25; reference on Nazi holsters with some pistols pictured; NET. More
1996. First printing. SC. 48pp, over 100 photos/illus., 8.5x11; covers variety of guns & ordnance used during pre-WWI period;. More
1990. SC. 99pp, photos/illus., 5.75x8.25; German text;. More
1993. SC. 238pp, many b/w photos/illus, 8.5x11; collection of articles by various writers on hunting varmint & small game; tells you what shoots & why, describing basic principles required for to notch accuracy; NET. More
1988. SC. 152pp, photos/illus., 6x9; lists NPEA schools, locations, official NPEA designations with photo & other specifications; shows frogs used, some Hitler Youth leaders, daggers & knives, & current values for 1988;. More
1986. First edition. HC. 311pp, many photos, illus., 5x8.5; French text; covers arms & munitions used from early times to 1980's in major countries around world;. More
1996. SC. 115pp, illus., 5.5x8; the Shanghai fighting knives, British Commando knives, F-S dagger development & their use by Shanghai Municipal Police, British SAS as their "killer" knife, Special Operations Forces for more than 50 years, & USMC Raiders;. More
HC. 216pp, 112 color photos, 32 b/w photos, 5 drawings, 11x8, collection of Don Troiani’s Civil War paintings acclaimed for the accuracy, drama, & sensitivity is achronological depiction of every face of war. More
2011. First printing. HC. 256pp, 600 photos, 8.75x11.25; covers origins, history, production, many variants of VIS, takedown, shooting & collecting; illustrates many period & wartime documents, photographs & technical drawings; concludes with a photographic gallery from prewar, wartime showing deterioration of quality as war progressed, Polish Underground, non-VIS pistol models... More
2009. First printing. HC. 184pp, many color photos, 8.875x11.385; presentation of all Winchester Commemoratives from 1985-86 showing each gun in full color & view, listing important information & specifications, with distinct sections on special & private issue guns, proto-types & Winchester memorabilia; a one-stop library quality reference for investor or... More
2004. First printing. SC. 176pp, over 350 color photos; 8.5 x 11; detailed study of US Marine Corps unit insignia in Republic of Vietnam from Marine Advisors in early 1960s to Marine Security Forces evacuation of Embassy in 1975; complete order of battle of all U.S. Marine Air & Ground... More
2009. First printing. HC. 334pp, over 1000 quality photos, 8.75x11.25; revised & expanded edition of The Belgian Browning Pistols; includes many details on wartime manufacturing; covers the .25 caliber pistols & 100-series as well as the classic line of FN Browning pistols sold by FN & Browning that includes Model... More
2005. First printing. HC. 240pp, all color photos, 11x8.5; covers impressive selection of U.S. Naval Swords from private & public collections, but also includes numerous previously unpublished examples from United States Naval Academy Museum; illustrated almost entirely in color from Revolution until 20th century with special sections on regulation swords... More
2004. First published (Great Britain). SC. 192pp, over 130 illus., 6.875x9.75; explores relationships between technology & history of gunmaking from 1720-1950; engineer, academic author studied battle between manual processes of manufacturing using dexterity of many people & clumsy but tireless machine, examines complex relationship in gunmaking paying attention to interchangeable... More
1991. SC. 64pp, full color throughout, 7.5x10.25. More
1985. First printing. HC. 184pp, many color photos, 8.875x11.385; presentation of all Winchester Commemoratives up to 1985 showing each gun in full color & view, listing important information & specifications, with special sections on proto-types & other Winchester Commemorative collectibles; includes index to rifles with production dates & original prices;... More
2002. First edition. SC. 300pp, over 200 b/w photos, 8.5x11; covers history, proper use, many models (Sharps, Ballards, Remingtons, or Springfield "Trapdoors" for hunting or competition), & actual shooting (& how to's of reloading) of many guns that saw service on the Frontier & are lovingly called "Buffalo Rifles" today;. More
2002. First edition. HC. 256pp, over 100 photos, 7.8x10.4; divided into 3 parts; first provides sword history from types of blades, their respective periods, & prominent styles of workmanship; second part covers 20 gendai-tosho revealing their thoughts, experiences, & aims; third part presents in-depth interviews with 3 of leading firgures in sword society; NET. More
2003. SC. 64pp, color artwork, b/w photos & diagrams, 7.25X9.75, More
2003. SC. 64pp, color artwork, b/w photos & diagrams, 7.25X9.75, More
2003. SC. 64pp, color artwork, b/w photos & diagrams, 7.25X9.75, More
2003. SC. 64pp, color artwork, b/w photos & diagrams, 7.25X9.75, More
SC. 64pp, color artwork, b/w photos & diagrams, 7.25X9.75, More
SC. 48pp, 35-40pp b/w photos, 8p of full color, 7.25x9.75. More